The Dillon tribune., 1887-01-07
4 RGENTA ACMITES.
Society and Personal ltems-A Queer Find
In the Legal Tender-An Incident
in the Life of Gen. Logan.
ARGENrA, Jan. 4, 1857.

In the Life of Gen. Logan.
ARGENrA, Jan. 4. 1857.
Eighteen hundred and eighty.seven.
Let us hear often from the Sheridan
correspondent.
J.T. Ross is foreman Of the Kent min,.
in Blue Wing district.
Will Dingley Of Dillon attended the
dance on New Years eve.
]. NJ. King took the inhabitants Of Para.
disc out sleigh riding Sunday.
Henry Morgan, Of the Springs, spent
few days in Dillon the past week.
Tom Fox has recovered from his recent at.
OF mountain fever and is able to ride out.
Con. Bray, owner Of the Legal Tender
mine, spent Saturday and Sunday in town.
The green horn. waltz caused more
amusement than anything on the pro.
gra,nme.
6. w. Lowell has taken lease on the
Legal Tender mine and will commence
work Immediately.
Will Chrisholm of Glendale, has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. ]. L. Ross and re.
turned home Monday.
A.. Besette and wife, Of Bannack, accom-.
panied by Miss Della Besette, attended the
dance on Thursday night.
Gravelle, Of Bannack, Tessier, Of Para
disc, and Hugh Wales, Of Argenta. we're
our musicians during the holidays.
A sheet and pillow.case sociable or
masquerade is being talked Of now, and it
is thought will occur on 18th Of Jan.
We acknowledge the receipt of an invi.
tation to attend surprise party at the res.
idence Of Sam Rippey, in Lemhi Valley,
Idaho, on New Years day, but we have
no wings and that i. the only way We
could get there in so short time. The
party was in honor Of Addie, the eldest
daughter Of Mr.. Rippey, it being her ,lst
birthday. We now say what we would
have said had We been there, "Many happy
returns Of the day.
Argenta has not witnessed such round
Of festivities in years as has occurred with.
in the past few weeks. On Christmas
night the club gave a hop in the hall, and
on the following Thursday night one was
given which lasted till FIVE o'clock the
next morning. Supper was given by
Mrs. Geo. Perkins. Again, on New
Years night, another party was given BY
the young men for the benefit, or pleas.
ure rather, Of Will Chisholm who succeed.
ed in making himself SO agreeable to some
Of the young ladies', that most Of the boys
think it an unwise policy to give enter.
tainment for young men from Glendale or
elsewhere.
The Legal Tender, always very product.
i've, has at last beat its own record. On
Sunday last as Lowell and Bray were ex.
amining the 7s.foot shaft they we're sur.
prised to find at the bottom two-year- old
steer belonging to Geo. French. 1t was
not hurt in the least. A force of men was
called, aud raised it to the top and it acted
as ifproud Of the adventure. In few
few minutes after, one Of the men went in.
to the lower tunnel at the enc Of which
was shaft ten feet deep, and behold, there
was another yearling belonging to Geo. c.
W all, of Dillon. The same force assisted
it to ascend, and the great wonder was
how they fell SO far and escaped unhurt.
1t is supposed that during the storm, Sat.
urday, the cattle crowded in the shaft
house and tunnel and thesc two fell in,
for the day before the man had been up
there and there were no cattle about.
The death of John A. Logan calls to
mind many we'll remembered incidents Of
his life in dear old Egypt" One in par
ticu'ar when he was running for Congress
in 1866, as nearly as We can recollect. His
opponent was Col. +. l.. Dickey who was
quite popular. One day during the cam.
paign Mary Logan was waiting for train
at Carbondale, H., and farmer drove up
with span OF mules and a wagon, and
called for cheers for Dickey. Rousing
cheers followed lie then offered to bet
his mules and wagon that Dickey would
beat Logan. Mary Logan stepped forward,
took the bet and departed shortly after on
her journey. The election soon followed,
and Logan was elected by a big majority.
Mrs. Logan accepted the mules and drove
through the streets OF Carbonate, and
from there to Murphvsboro, Ill.,, where